Investment for tourist areas in 3 provinces

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Tourist Commission has defined three investment positions in Baghdad, Basra, and Anbar Provinces to witness the development of their tourist positions, according to the Commission’s Chairman on Thursday. “The Tourist Commission has laid out a tourist plan for three positions, in Baghdad Tourist Island, the Wedding Island and Al-Jadiriya Tourist Complex along with the rehabilitation of of Canal Hotel and the Baghdad Hotels Institute,” Hamoud al-Ya’cubi told IraqiNews.com News Agency. In southern Iraq’s Basa Province, the tourist plan covered Safwan town, the Sindbad Tourist Island and al-Mirbad Hotel, he said. He added that western Iraq’s Anbar Province’s Habbaniya Tourist City shall witness the rehabilitation of 500 of its tourist homes. Ya’cubi also said that his Commission had demanded different Iraqi provinces to allocate pieces of land for investment in tourist projects, adding that Iraq would participate in the International Tourist Market, scheduled to be held in London on November 8th, with the participation of 5,000 companies from 150 states. He had stated last Wednesday that the Tourist Commission had decided to build 12 five-star hotels in the holy city of Najaf, on occasion of its selection as “Capital of the Islamic Culture,” for the year 2012. SKH/SR 1